From top management to entrepreneurship: women's next move?

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide better understanding of women's career advancement to top management and their future aspirations to become entrepreneurs.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper's approach is qualitative research hermeneutic phenomenology.

Findings

Women's career experiences predisposed them to find an alternate route, entrepreneurship, despite having achieved top management.

Research limitations/implications

Understanding factors that successfully contribute to the development of women entrepreneurs from a career development perspective is a critical endeavor for any type of organization. This qualitative research is limited to US for‐profit organizations.

Originality/value

The value of this paper is that it provides a unique way to look at the career development for women from those who reached top management and their motivations to become entrepreneurs.

Citation

Knörr, H. (2011), "From top management to entrepreneurship: women's next move?", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 32 No. 1, pp. 99-116. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437721111121251